steeplebush

[ stee-puhl-boosh ]

noun

1. the hardhack.

steeplebush

/ ˈstiːpəlˌbʊʃ /

noun

1. another name for hardhack

Word History and Origins

Origin of steeplebush¹

1810–20, Americanism; steeple + bush ¹; so called because of its steeplelike blossom shoots

Word History and Origins

Origin of steeplebush¹

C19: so called because of the shape of its flower clusters

Example Sentences

Steepletop, named for the pink-flowered steeplebush plant that grows wildly here, has been open to the public since 2010.

From New York Times

Other summer pink flowers: Steeplebush—Low places.

From Project Gutenberg

There are also to be had for the digging good bushes of the early pink and clammy white azalea, mountain-laurel, several of the blueberry tribe, that have white flowers in summer and glorious crimson foliage in autumn, white-flowered elder, button-bush, groundsel tree, witchhazel, bayberry, the shining-leaved sumach, the white meadow-sweet, and pink steeplebush, besides a number of cornels and viburnums suitable for shrubberies.

From Project Gutenberg